Caddy's World

Hilary McKay

• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781442441064
• eBook ISBN: 9781442441071

Get to know the Casson family in this effervescent novel that "strikes a lovely balance between humor and poignancy" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). Cadmium Casson is twelve years old the summer that everything changes. Not only are her closest friendships in jeopardy, but her mom is expecting a baby. And when the baby arrives early, Caddy's world turns upside down. Her mother spends all her time at the hospital, and her father takes over the household, which of course turns into one chaotic (though hilarious) crisis after the next.When her charmingly dense boyfriend dumps her, Caddy is at her wits' end. Then she discovers that the fragile baby she is so afraid of losing is not an ending, but a beginning for her whole family. And that love and friendship don't need to be destroyed by change—they can be strengthened. Another refreshingly wise, funny, and poignant novel from the inimitable Hilary McKay.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Praise
• Description
• Author Bio
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Chapter One: Charmed Circle
• Chapter Two: Lost Property
• Chapter Three: The Spinning World
• Chapter Four: Absolutely Nothing to Worry About
• Chapter Five: Treacle and Beth
• Chapter Six: The Road to School
• Chapter Seven: Dingbat
• Chapter Eight: Awful Day
• Chapter Nine: The Firework Baby
• Chapter Ten: The News
• Chapter Eleven: What the Normans Ate
• Chapter Twelve: The Casson House
• Chapter Thirteen: Somewhere to Go That Isn’t Home
• Chapter Fourteen: Managing
• Chapter Fifteen: Important Tuesday
• Chapter Sixteen: At Treacle’s
• Chapter Seventeen: Bill on the Doorstep
• Chapter Eighteen: Starry Eggs and Moon Tomatoes
• Chapter Nineteen Caddy on the Doorstep
• Chapter Twenty: Bravest of the Brave
• Chapter Twenty-One: Beth and Mars Bars
• Chapter Twenty-Two: Pink Hair at School
• Chapter Twenty-Three: Saffron and Indigo on the Doorstep
• Chapter Twenty-Four: Tomorrow, All Things Being Well
• Chapter Twenty-Five: A Beginning
• Six Years Later: Caddy and Rose